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A working pilot is insufficient evidence for useful operation across 120 countries.

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Emily JanochAssociate Vice President for Evidence and Learning · CARELinkedIn ↗

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A working pilot is insufficient evidence for useful operation across 120 countries.

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Attributed contributors: Emily Janoch. “A working pilot is insufficient evidence for useful operation across 120 countries..” The Reality of AI: Adoption, Capacity, and Change Management. ECOSYSTEM Summit, Barcelona, 16 September 2026. Session time 27:18–28:01. https://cs-ecosystem.commonshare.workers.dev/evidence/E-8668de57a9e3

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A working pilot is insufficient evidence for useful operation across 120 countries.

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Emily JanochAssociate Vice President for Evidence and Learning · CARELinkedIn ↗

Proposed mechanism: Invest in organisational and contextual capability beyond code.

Limit: Does not evaluate a particular global deployment.

contextual adaptationcapacityimplementation path

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A working pilot is only one step toward sustained institutional use.

Permanent monitoring, operational expertise, context and a stable funding horizon must accompany technical capability. Early attention or fundraising is not an impact result.

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